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The film did a good job in reflecting the personal relationships the miners and the community had with religion. Like Jenn stated, many of the letters both openly talk about religion as well as just reference to it in subtle ways. In the film, the enthusiasm the community has at the church (even if it's not that believeable) expressed the importance of it in their lives. - Victoria Y. | The film did a good job in reflecting the personal relationships the miners and the community had with religion. Like Jenn stated, many of the letters both openly talk about religion as well as just reference to it in subtle ways. In the film, the enthusiasm the community has at the church (even if it's not that believeable) expressed the importance of it in their lives. - Victoria Y. | ||
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| + | The film briefly showed the violence that black miners faced. In "Platform Adopted by the National Negro Committee," members of the National Negro Committee were concerned about the attempt by whites of both North and South to use violence in denying blacks of their working rights. As a result, the Committee wanted to end that type of racial violence. - A. Brudno | ||
== Questions asked in class == | == Questions asked in class == | ||
